title: [Prevalence of food allergy in patients with urticaria-angioedema syndrome].
abstract: We have studied 239 patients, 53 males and 186 females, mean age 31.9, affected by urticaria-angioedema syndrome. Fifty-three patients didn't complete the study. One-hundred-three of the other 186 patients went on elimination diet: 111 patients suffered from chronic urticaria-angioedema syndrome and 21 subjects suffered from acute syndrome. Eighty-one out of the 132 patients obtained good results from dietetic management (p less than 0.001). Double blind challenge test was positive in 42 subjects: 29 patients suffered from Food Allergy and 13 patients from Food Intolerance. Thus, the prevalence of Food Allergy in patients who completed dietetic management was 21.9% (29 patients out of 132). If we evaluate all the 186 patients affected by urticaria-angioedema syndrome, the prevalence of Food Allergy is 15.5%.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Patologia Speciale Medica, Policlinico Borgo Roma, Università di Verona.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lunardi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Favari
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Venturini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zagni
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nicolis
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Pacor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000799:Angioedema / Q000209:etiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome; D014581:Urticaria / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Prevalenza dell'allergia alimentare in pazienti affetti da sindrome orticaria-angioedema.